Credit for competency gained outside the university is awarded by standard examination such as the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) and the Advanced Placement program (AP), by special examination administered by individual departments, and by petition. These credits are administered according to articulation agreements with other institutions, standard guides, and according to the following constraints.

A. A student must either be officially registered or have an established WSU transcript at the time the request for credit or examination is made.

B. Credit is not awarded if duplicated by previous examinations, petition or course work for which a student received a grade (A-E, I, T, W, UW, CR, NC).

C. This credit is not considered part of the residence requirement.

D. This credit, although graded on a credit/no credit basis, may be used to satisfy major, minor, and general education requirements.

E. Credit by standard examination (i.e. CLEP, AP) is awarded with appropriate department approval and according to departmentally approved guidelines.

F. Credit by special examination may be awarded at the discretion of academic departments according to the following guidelines.

1. Academic departments will provide an annual list of courses that may be challenged.

2. The Application for Special Examination forms are available from the Registrar or departmental office.

3. The department chair or designee interviews the candidate and determines if the student has sufficient background in the area to justify giving a special examination.

4. The department chair determines if there is a qualified and willing faculty member to construct, administer and score the exam.

5. The faculty member sends the examination results to the records office where the credit is posted to the student’s permanent record.

6. The credit which can be earned (overall and in each sitting) will be determined by each department.

7. A student may not take examinations in more than one subject area at any one sitting.

8. A student may take an examination for any given course(s) one time only.

9. A fee will be charged for each sitting.

10. Veteran's benefits will not be paid for credit earned by special examination.

G. Credit by petition is awarded by the admissions office and appropriate academic departments according to guides published by the American Council on Education (ACE) and according to the following guidelines.

1. Military Credit is administered in accordance with the ACE Guide to the Evaluation of Military Service Experiences and articulation agreements with government agencies.

a. Elective Credit may be applied by the admissions office.

b. Specific course credit may be awarded by the appropriate department chair(s) with the Application for Credit form.

2. Credit for prior experiential learning and industrial or commercial training may be awarded provided that such awarding is carefully monitored and documented.

a. Departments awarding experiential learning credit must have written criteria which assure its academic equivalence to credit earned by traditional means.

b. Credit for prior experiential learning may be granted only at the undergraduate level.

c. Before credit for prior experiential learning becomes part of the student's permanent record, the student must have completed thirty credit hours with a GPA of 2.25 or better to establish evidence of a satisfactory learning pattern.

d. Credit may be granted with the approval of the department chair only upon the recommendation of teaching faculty who are appropriately qualified and who are on a regular appointment with the college on a continuing basis.

e. Credit may be granted only for documented learning which ties the prior experience to the theories and data of the relevant academic fields.

f. Credit may be granted only for documented learning which falls within the regular curricular offerings of the institution.

g. Credit for prior experiential learning may constitute no more than 25% of the credits needed for a degree or certificate.

h. No assurances will be made as to the number of credits to be awarded prior to the completion of the institution's review process.

i. Credit may be granted only to enrolled students and is to be identified on the student's transcript as credit for prior experiential learning. . .

2. Criteria for Credit/No Credit

a. A maximum of 20 hours of credit/no credit in elective courses may be used for graduation.

b. Classes taken on a credit/no credit basis will not satisfy major, minor, general education, or specific course requirements with the exception of those courses or programs of study approved by the University Curriculum and General Education committee and those courses approved by academic departments for credit by special examination (see PPM 4-21a)

A. Students may withdraw from individual courses during the first 60% 67% of a semester or term. Students may not withdraw from individual courses during the remaining 40% 33% of the semester or term.

B. No entry will appear on the transcripts of those students who drop individual courses during the first three weeks of fall or spring semesters, or during the first 20% of summer term. A "W" grade will appear on the transcripts of students who withdraw from individual courses during the period of the fourth to the ninth tenth week of fall or spring semesters, or during 21% to 60% 67% of summer, or for courses that deviate from fifteen weeks.

C. Students who stop attending a class without officially withdrawing will receive a "UW" (Unofficial Withdrawal) for that class. The procedure and deadlines for making registration changes are published each term in the class schedule.

D. Unless receiving prior approval from the instructor, students who do not attend the first two class periods or 5% of the course after enrolling in the course, may be dropped by the instructor within two working days. Students are dropped by the instructor notifying the Registrar's Office. If the instructor does not drop the student from the course and the student does not plan to attend, the responsibility to drop lies on the student.

E. Refund of tuition and fees will be based on the refund polity of the institution.

II. COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE SEMESTER OR TERM

A. Students may withdraw completely from all courses for which they have registered up to the end of the ninth tenth week or 60% 67% of the term for courses that deviate from fifteen weeks.

Each college has formulated a written policy statement, the college tenure document, containing the criteria to be used in tenure review. These statements include (1) the criteria, consistent with the minimum criteria outlined below; (2) the rationale for the criteria; and (3) the method for measuring performance with respect to the criteria.

Any C changes in the college tenure document criteria shall be submitted through the dean to the Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee for analysis and recommendation to the Faculty Senate. Upon the approval of the Faculty Senate, the revision in the college tenure document criteria statements shall be forwarded to the provost. Upon approval by the provost and Board of Trustees, the changed college tenure document criteria will be considered adopted. The date of the final approval of the college tenure document criteria will be affixed to the policy statement, and that date will be considered as the effective date. Thereafter, the approved and dated college tenure document criteria will apply until any revision is channeled through the steps outlined herein and a new effective date is affixed. Copies of the approved revised college tenure document criteria will be on file in the offices of the department chair, the dean, the Faculty Senate, and the provost and will be accessible online at the provost homepage.

Every candidate for promotion or tenure review shall undergo peer review. (Peer review may also occur prior to the formal review as part of a mentoring process designed to cultivate the candidates potential in an atmosphere separate from evaluation.) The purpose of the peer review is to facilitate the evaluation process primarily through evidence-gathering. In particular, peer review promotes a more accurate understanding of teaching effectiveness by compiling and assessing documentation provided by the candidate demonstrating teaching effectiveness. The peer reviewers may also gather materials regarding the candidates scholarship and service activities. Peer reviewers should interpret this information in terms of department and college expectations and summarize, without ranking, the candidates strengths and weaknesses in the designated areas. The summary of the peer review is subsequently placed in the candidates file to be evaluated by the department Promotion and Tenure Committee, the College Ranking and Tenure Committee, the Dean and others as described in the Dated Guidelines for the Ranking Tenure Review process (PPM 8-12).